Eating Legumes May Cut the Risk Developing Type 2 Diabetes

Eating high amounts of legumes can considerably reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study, published in the journal Clinical Nutrition.

For the study, researchers from the Unit of Human Nutrition at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain, in collaboration with other scientists from the Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea (PREDIMED) investigated 3,349 participants without type 2 diabetes in the PREDIMED study. The researchers collected data on their diets and followed them up within 4 years 3 months.

Having analyzed the received data, the researchers discovered that those with a higher intake of legumes were 35% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes compared to those who consumed a smaller amount of legumes. Moreover, the study showed that lentils had the strongest association with a low risk of type 2 diabetes.

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